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UNITED STATES HIRAM E. PAINE, or f rnoYQN-EW YORK, Assicivon fro ELisEA WATERS,

PATENT @Erica OF SAME PLAGE.

STITCHING-HORSE.

Specification forming part of' Letters Patent No. @2,g22, dated May 17, 1864.

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, HIRAM E. PAINE, ot' the city of Troy, in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stitching-Horses for Saddlers, Harness-Makers, and other Leather-Workers7 Use, ot' which in- Vention the following is a full and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings of a stitching horse embodying my invention.

Figure l is atop view; Fig. 2, a side elevation and partial vertical section at or about the line zz in Figs. 1, 3, and 4; Figs. 3. a view ot the under side of the seat; Fig. 4, a top view ot' the part ot' the bench on which the seat is mounted, and the same parts being marked by like letters in all the gures.

My invention consists, primarily, in the arrangement of a circular eccentrically-movable s at for a workman to sit upon, in combination with jaws for clamping and thereby supporting or holding` the work to be stitched in such manner that the said seat can be set at various distances horizontallyv from the said clamping-jaws to suit the workman when stitching coarse with long` threads and when stitching ne with short threads, and to suit workmen of different sizes, or with arms of various length, or with eyes of different focus, and so that the said seat can also be set horizontally more or less to one side of the said clamping-jaws to give the workman different degrees ot' side view of the work in the clamping-jaws, as is important in stitching work of various kinds and degrees of iineness, all simply by turning the said circular seat about its eccentric axis of rotation into the various proper positions in respect to the said clamping-jaws.

Another part of my invention consists in the arrangement ot' a circular eccentricallyturning and vertically-adjustable seat, in combination with clamping-jaws, in such manner that while the said circular seat can be turned eccentrically, and thereby set at various lhorizontal distances from the clamping-jaws, and also more or less to one side of the latter, for the purposes hereinabove specified, the seat can also at the same time be readily raised and lowered and set at various heights in respect to the top of the said clamping-jaws, as is desirable to suit a workman when stitching various kinds of coarse or line work and to suit different workmen of various heights when seated.

Another part of my invention consists in the arrangement of a circular eccentricallyturning seat, having a back-rest for the W01 k.- man to lean against, attachable at different points in the periphery of the said scat, in combination with clampingjaws, in such manner that while the said circular seat can be turned eccen trically, and thereby set in various directions and at different distances horizontally from the clamping-jaws, for the purposes herebefore stated, the said back-rest can also be readily changed in position and attached to that part of the circular eccentric seat which is temporarily turned away from the clampingjaws, so as to give support to the back of the workman sittin gand workin g onthe seat when the latter is turned eccentrically into diii'erent horizontal positions in respect to the said clamping-j tws.

Another part of my invention consists in the arrangement of a circular eccentrically-movable and vertically-adjustable seat, having a back rest attachable at different points in the periphery of the seat, in combination with clamping-jaws, all in such manner that while the circular seat can be turned eccentrically, and thereby placed in various directions and at different distances from the said clampingjaws horizontally, the seat can also at the same time be readily raised and lowered and fixed at various distances below7 the top ofthe said clamping-jaws, and the said backrest can also be readily attached to that part of the circular eccentric seat which is temporarily turned farthest away from the said clampingjaws, whereby all ot' the aforesaid advantageous features are. at once secured in one and the same stitching-horse.

In the accompanying drawings, A is the aforesaid circular eccentrically-movable seat for the workman, B B', the clamping-jaws for holding the work to be stitched, and C the lchangeable back-rest for the Workman to lean against.

D is a bench, on which the seat A and clamping-jaws B B are mounted. A bolt, E, projects from the under side of the seat A at a point, f, Figs. l and 3, to one side ofthe center, g, oi' the seat, down through a corresponding hole, 7L, in the bench l), and thus forms an eccentric axis for the seat to turn around horizontally upon, or a circular ange, i, Figs. 2 and 3, formed eccentrically on the under side of the circular seat, and projecting down into 'a corresponding circular groove, j, Figs. 2 and 4, in the bench` D, may serve as the axis for the seat to turn about. The bolt E has its upper part secured to the seat A, and has a screw-thread, r, and nut l on its lower part, where-by the seat may be readily fastened firmly to the bench in whatever position the seat is turned and set in respect to the clamping-jaws B B'. The circular lines min Figs. l and 4t indicate different positions into which the circular seat A can be turned and set in respect to the said clamping-jaws.

In the stitching-horse shown by the accompanying drawings the circular eccentricallyturning seat A is readily adjustable vertically or raised and lowered in respect to the clamping-jaws B B', and set at various distances below the top of the latter by means of setscrews n, Figs. 2 and 4, extended from below the bench D through suitable nuts, o, therein, and against an even circular surface or lian ge, i, on the under side of the seat, and concentric with its axis, in such manner that the seat can be readily turned about its eccentric axis into various horizontal positions in respect to the clamping-jaws B B' in whatever vertical position the seat may be adjusted in respect to those jaws, and the back-rest O is readily attached to that part of the periphery of the circular eccentric seat A, which may be temporarily turned and srt farthest away from the clamping-jaws B B' by simply sliding a tongue,p, Figs. 2 and 3, formed on the lower part of the rest O, into the proper one ofa series of corresponding grooves or sockets, q, formed in the periphery of the seat in such manner as not to interfere with the turning and setting of the seat in the various desirable horizontal ,positions in respect to the said clamping-jaws, and this mode of attaching the back-rest C to the circular eccentric seat A allows the seat to be freely adjusted vertically in respect to the clamping-jaws B B', as well as horizontally in relation thereto.

I generally make the stem r' of the backrest C of springy steel, and the seatAof castiron s, concave on top, and covered with leather, t, secured by alacing-cord, u, on the under side, and I construct, mount, and operate the clamping-jaws B B' in the common Way, asindicated by the accompanying drawings, or in any other suitable manner.

Whatlclaim as new and of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The arrangement of a circular eccentrically-movable seat, A, in combination with clamping-jaws B B', substantially as herein described.

2. The arrangement of a circular eccentrically-movable seat, A, adjustable vertically, in combination with clamping-jawsB B', substantially as herein described.

3. The arrangement of a circular eccentriccally-movable seat, A, having a back-rest, C, attachable to different parts of the periphery of the seat, in combination with clampingjaws B B',substantially as herein described.

4. The arrangement of a circular eccentrically-movable seat, A, adjustable vertically, and having a back-rest, C, attachable to different parts of the periphery of the seat, in combination with clamping-jaws B B', substantially as herein described.

HIRAM E. PAINE.

Witnesses:

EDWARD F. MURRAY, AUsrIN F. PARK. 

